Historical crime fiction

The Detective and the Devil by Lloyd Shepherd

By DeathBecomesHer

30 April, 2016

Melding real life and fiction is a delicate balancing act, but one that Lloyd Shepherd has successfully pulled off in three previous historical thrillers. This is his fourth to feature the indefatigable Constable Charles Horton of London’s River Police. It’s 1815, and Horton is called upon…

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Death Zones by Simon Pasternak

By RoughJustice

25 April, 2016

Translated by Martin Aitken — This bleak novel is set towards the end of World War II, as the Nazi offensive in Russia stalls amidst terrible fighting and enormous military and civilian casualties. SS Oberleutnant Heinrich Hoffman is a detective with the German police in…

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The Age of Treachery by Gavin Scott

By RoughJustice

18 April, 2016

Historical settings are always popular in crime fiction, and one of the richest in terms of intrigue is the post-World War II period. Whole societies went through cataclysmic changes, and a new order arose from the rubble. In Britain, the victorious Churchill was swept from…

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Death in Bayswater by Linda Stratmann

By spriteby

17 April, 2016

The Frances Doughty mysteries are no stranger to Crime Fiction Lover. Back in December 2014, we reviewed An Appetite for Murder, and our radar also picked up the fifth book in the series, The Children of Silence last May. Death in Bayswater finds London’s only female…

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Sent to the Devil by Laura Lebow

By MarinaSofia

9 April, 2016

A history buff and opera fan, Laura Lebow’s lively recreation of Mozart’s Vienna is a delightful mix of fact and fiction. The gore is kept firmly off the page, and the atmosphere of the city during its cultural heyday under Joseph II reigns uppermost, despite…

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The Other Side of Silence by Philip Kerr

By DavidPrestidge

8 April, 2016

Ex-cop Bernie Gunther feels life has come full circle. In his younger days, between spells with Berlin’s Kriminalpolizei, he was the house detective for the city’s celebrated Adlon Hotel. Then came World War II and Gunther’s nimble foxtrot around Nazi Germany where he worked for the likes…

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Blood of the Oak by Eliot Pattison

By DavidPrestidge

30 March, 2016

Blood of the Oak takes us back to Pennsylvania in 1765, when the British were still in control. Nominally. On the banks of the Susquehanna and Alegheny rivers, and further south in Virginia it’s not only the natives who are restless. A punitive stamp tax…

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First look: Gunther returns in The Other Side of Silence

By DavidPrestidge

19 March, 2016

Philip Kerr’s damaged but noble German cop Bernie Gunther is back for another episode and here’s your chance for a first look at The Other Side of Silence. Gunther bestrides the 20th century. We know he fought in World War I but Kerr has kept that…

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The Detective and the Devil by Lloyd Shepherd

Death Zones by Simon Pasternak

The Age of Treachery by Gavin Scott

Death in Bayswater by Linda Stratmann

Sent to the Devil by Laura Lebow

The Other Side of Silence by Philip Kerr

Blood of the Oak by Eliot Pattison

First look: Gunther returns in The Other Side of Silence

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